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• Begin the Siu Nim Tao with the Salute (Left hand over the closed fist) and then bow.
• Then swing the two forward ; meeting in the middle , then forming closed fists
• Swing the two closed fists from a lower position to about nearly shoulder height and then drop the knees as you drop the two closed fists.

In today’s session we worked on :

• Bik Sau Technique , this is an upper block and can be turned into a Lap Sau. Bik Sau can also be found in the 2nd Ving Chun form

For this session i was taught the Yi Ji Kim Yeung Ma (Character Two Goat Sitting Stance)

When performed correctly it should have the knees not too bent (past your feet), you should lean back just alittle bit to sit in the stance correctly (the strain should be felt in the thighs and the buttocks and the hands held near the armpits but not touching the body.

Then i was taught how to do some basic footwork forward with punches starting from my back hand. The front foot should be turned inwards to protect the groin area with the rear foot pointing outwards/away from the body.

The next version of this exercise had me hitting my Sifu’s hand , i would move and strike it as soon as he said to hit it. This is to test everything was in sync.

In today’s lession we focused on h